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Schrader: Congress shouldn't get paid when it's not doing its job

U.S. Congressman Kurt Schrader on Thursday introduced a bill that would cancel pay for members of Congress during future government shutdowns.

Schrader (D-Canby) represents all of Marion, Polk, Lincoln and Tillamook counties as well as the bulk of Clackamas and small portions of Multnomah and Benton counties.

In the real world if you dont do your job, you dont get paid, Schrader said. It should be no different for lawmakers. I came to Washington to solve our economic problems and get folks back to work, not to play cat and mouse with the welfare of Oregons working families and striving businesses.

He hoped that H.R. 3236, the Hold Congress Accountable Act, serves as a wakeup call to his colleagues.

It is inappropriate to shut down the federal government and threaten the livelihoods of millions of Americans for the sake of political posturing, he said. There are bipartisan solutions to every problem. I suggest my colleagues join me in working to find them or put their paychecks on the line.